Fishes of the family Cichlidae are famous for their spectacular species flocks and therefore constitute a model system for the study of the pathways of adaptive radiation. Their radiation is connected to trophic specialization, manifested in dentition, head morphology, and body shape. Geometric morphometric methods have been established as efficient tools to quantify such differences in overall...

Approximately two decades after the first pioneering analyses, the study of shape asymmetry with the methods of geometric morphometrics has matured and is a burgeoning field. New technology for data collection and new methods and software for analysis are widely available and have led to numerous applications in plants and animals, including humans. This review summarizes the concepts and morph...

Twin studies are extremely useful for investigating hypotheses of genetic influence on a range of behavioral and physical traits in humans. Studies of physical traits, however, are usually limited to size-related biological characteristics because it is inherently difficult to quantify the morphological counterpart - shape. In recent years, the development of geometry-preserving analytical tech...

In taxonomy, qualitative methods are commonly used to analyze morphological characters, which can lead dramatic changes in higher taxa. Geometric morphometrics (GM) has proven be useful for discriminating species various taxonomy groups. However, the application of geometric supraspecies classification is relatively scarce. this study, we tested controversial two subgenera Chaetocnema with morp...

The changes in shape of the marginal coenobial cells in an experimentally cultured population of Pediastrum duplex Meyen var. duplex were investigated. The methods of landmark-based geometric morphometrics, including sliding landmarks registration, were used. The populations were cultured at 11 different pH levels and the changes in shape related to pH were studied using multivariate regression...